His Holiness Pope Francis and His Eminence the Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr. Ahmed At-Tayyeb have signed the historic Abu Dhabi Declaration – a document on Human Fraternity in the United Arab Emirates. The «Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together» seeks to encourage stronger relationships between people to promote coexistence among peoples…
Thousands of young people have accompanied the Pope, from January 24 to 27 in Panama, for the World Youth Day. Faced with a colorful and cheerful crowd, Pope Francis, since his arrival in Panama, has not failed to warn Latin American political leaders against the corruption that is sweeping the continent. On Friday, the 25th,…
Friar Lawrence, born in 1614 in Lorraine (France), entered as a «lay brother» at the Carmelite convent in the Vaugirard St. in Paris when he was 26 years old. In hard circumstances, he learned to «know life» and “know the world». In the «fight for life», he experienced the upheaval of a long and terrible…
During these days (from January 13th until January 17th), at the Stella Maris monastery, there is taking place a Meeting of the Coordination of the Episcopal Conferences of various countries, in support of the Churches of the Holy Land. This year Galilee has been chosen as the point of reference in order to visit the…
At Synod 2018 there has been much talk of accompanying young people, of being close to them, andalsoof looking at young people who are actually outside the Church. But there are also young people who have faith, but it is not Catholic. And on this, young people in the Middle East have an «unbeatable experience».…
The coordinates in which the Teresian style moves, like those of many mystics, are not others but the very currents of life that provoke it (wide and deep currents) and the currents of the other life (readers) in which they are poured through the word. Teresa de Jesus is an exceptional communicator. His contemporaries succumbed…
«The dreams of young people are a little afraid for adults, because when a young person dreams everything can happen» … and they are scary because «maybe adults have stopped dreaming and risking» or «because they put their choices in crisis lifetime». «Do not let you steal your dreams», said Pope Francis, before speaking of…
The Vultum Dei Quaerere Apostolic Constitution and Instruction Cor Orans make an affirmation of principle regarding the relationship between the male and female branches of the same Order: «The legal association of the monasteries of nuns with the corresponding masculine Order should be encouraged whenever possible, in order to protect the identity of the charismatic…
María Felicia Guggiarri Echeverría, familiarly known as «Chiquitunga», was born on January 12th, 1925, in Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay. From a very young age, she demonstrated a great inclination to help the needs of the poorest and helpless. Her mother says that she was in charge of caring for people with limited resources who…